Heartland Marimba is organizing its second fall festival, November 4-8, 2026, in Lancaster, PA, hosted by the Lancaster Marimba Ensemble. The first festival (originally called the Musser Marimba Festival) was held October 12-18, 2025, in Manheim, PA, Musser's hometown. The success of the first festival was undeniable, with 45 players in the MMF Orchestra, six events over the week, several industry and community sponsors, the unveiling of a Musser-marimba-space mural, and the beginning of an annual endeavor. The HMIF 50-player Orchestra concert will be at the Winter Center at Millersville University in Lancaster on November 8. We want to bring the Orchestra to PASIC in Indianapolis to perform on Friday, November 13, in the Artsgarden located over the intersection of Illinois and Washington Streets, and connected to the Indiana Convention Center by walkways through the Hyatt Regency Hotel (November 12 is not available in that space). We have reached out to the Indy Arts Council to collaborate with them for a downtown Indianapolis community connection. We hope to hold two or three one-hour concerts throughout the day, as the maximum audience for this space would be about 300 guests. A noontime concert would be desirable to attract the downtown workers, and other shows could be spaced out so that PASIC attendees could plan to enjoy the event. We are not opposed to doing one concert in a Convention Center Ballroom if that is preferable; however, we want to extend the performance to the general public of Indianapolis if possible. Our repertoire for a marimba orchestra is focused on the future of the idiom, while still honoring the past contributions that Musser made. We program new transcriptions, new adaptations of contemporary pieces (marimba quartets, mallet percussion ensembles, and other settings), commissions from full-time composers, and features with nontraditional soloists. The full 2025 MMFO concert can be enjoyed on the Heartland Marimba YouTube Channel.